Officials from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks raided a house in northern Kedah state on Thursday and seized 98 of the animals, the department's enforcement chief Saharudin Anan told AFP.
Officials from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks raided a house in northern Kedah state on Thursday and seized 98 of the animals, the department's enforcement chief Saharudin Anan told AFP.
Writing about their work in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, he and his colleagues revealed that they compared this data along with the number of hunting licenses issued by the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks using computer models to see whether the number of bats hunted each year was sustainable.
The three young apes were among a smuggled group of five, and a search is under way for the remaining two, Department of Wildlife and National Parks deputy chief Misliah Mohamad Basir told the Star newspaper.
The three young apes were among a smuggled group of five, and a search is under way for the remaining two, Department of Wildlife and National Parks deputy chief Misliah Mohamad Basir told the Star newspaper.
Acknowledgments We thank the Malaysian Department of Veterinary Services Veterinary Research Institute at Ipoh for field and laboratory assistance and hospitality, the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks for field expertise, Craig Smith for technical and laboratory support, Greer Meehan for assistance with serology, Lim Boo Liat for his interest and advice, and village leaders and property owners for their cooperation.
Officials from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks came across the huge hoard in two raids, director general Abdul Rasid Samsudin told the state Bernama news agency.
Officials from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks came across the huge hoard in two raids, director general Abdul Rasid Samsudin told the state Bernama news agency.
